Zahir Howaida

Zahir Howaida (also Huwaida; persian ظاهر هويدا; born February 28, 1945 in Daikondi in the central Afghan Hazara area, † March 5, 2012 in Hamburg) was an Afghan singer, newscaster and a presenter at RTA, songwriter, poet and film actor.

His father, an employee was transferred from Kabul to Mazar- i -Sharif. There Zahir Howaida went on for some time on the Sultan Ghiasuddin Elementary School until his father at the age of 33 years died and the family returned to Kabul. Howaidas mother worked as a seamstress; Zahir to feed the family with can, as a kind of apprentice at different craftsmen. In addition, he attended the Lycee Isteqlal - in Kabul. According to the company, in an interview in Kabul RTA he remained in high school often excuse away from school to read in the Kabul State Library books, especially about literature.

When he was 5 years old, his father turned to music education music teacher for him and his brother Kabir one. He has the basic instruments of the Indo -Iranian cultural sphere, in particular learned the Indian harmonium. In the Music School of Kabul he was confronted with Western musical instruments, the musical form of polyphony and harmony. With Aziz Ashna he founded a music band called " orchestra of amateurs"; his brother Kabir Howaida played in piano.

In the 1960s, Zahir Howaida worked as a newscaster in the Afghan Radio ( RTA). In 1966, he traveled together with Babrak Wassa to Moscow to study at the city's Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

Zahir Howaida sang both folk and love songs as well as more demanding poems of Persian literature, such as Jalal ad-Din ar - Rumi. On various occasions he expressed his dismay about on the wave of refugees after the occupation of the country by the Soviet Union, with songs to express. Almost all of his songs are in Persian language, which renamed the regime of Zahir Shah in 1965 in Dari. At the request of his Pashtun friends, at least to sing a song in Pashto, Howaida joked that he would sing in Pashto, " as soon as Awalmir sings a song in Persian ". In fact Howaida later sang a Pashto song, although Awalmir never sang in Dari. Barik Kamar -e one is originally a unanimous popular song of the province of Badakhshan, which was sung by Howaida according harmony more consistent.

1989 Howaida wandered to India, where he stayed for two years. Since 1991 he lives in Hamburg. His children, two sons and a daughter, are also musical; Arash Howaida has become a pop singer in Hamburg.

Zahir Howaida, who starred in two films Nan ( "bread" ) and professor, died in 2012 of a serious illness. He was buried on 10 March 2012 on a Hamburg Cemetery. Renowned artists, singers, entered from around the world attended his funeral.

Discography

Publications in Exile:

• Az Dil -e -Man
• Mo Tellae
• Dokane Rank